Ramzan is here...

And from tomorrow starts the blessed month of Ramadan in Pakistan. :)

We all know that this months brings with it blessings. But it's not only about fasting, it's also about earning more sawab in this month.

We should be praying more and reciting Quran more in Ramadan, and most of us definitely do that, but as it turns out for some of us (and here I am including myself), eat and sleep more during this month. Work and school goes out early so that gives us an opportunity to sleep during the evening as well. We go to sleep early at night so that we can get up in sehri, and then go to sleep again after fajar. This time, we should all try to spend more time in praying.. as one of my university teachers once said;

Sonay se kya ho ga? Kya kal phir neend nahi aye gee? Koi yeh keh de ke mein abhi zada so jaon to agla pura hafta nahi soan ga to woh aur baat hai, par aisa hota to nahi. Phir Ramzan mein to subha jaldi uth jaya karein aap loog. Neend to kabhi puri nahi ho gee.. shayad akhir mein ho jaye.. par woh bhi zaroori nahi

So, this time, let us all try to do the following;

• Recite Quran as much as possible.
• Recite the surahs we have memorized as much as possible. This can be done while travelling to and from work/school.
• Recite Kalmas as much as possible. Again, can be done while travelling to and from work/school.
• Try to memorize more surahs, but not just memorize the Arabic words, but the translation as well. And let us all try to understand the words.
• Educate ourselves about our religion. The only way we can improve the image of Muslims in the eyes of the whole wide world is to become better muslims, and we can do that only if we try to earn more knowledge about Islam.

Have a blessed Ramzan everyone. May Allah bestow us with his blessings always. Ameen. :)

Aab-e-ZamZam

Of lsam

Wuzu kar ke sonay k 4 fazail
1) Us ke rooh Baitullah Sharif ka tawaf karti hay.
2) Farishtay sari raat us ke liye naikyan likhtay rehtay hain.
3) Jab karwat badalta hai farishtay iski bakshish k liye dua kartay hain.
4) Jab subha so kar uthta hai to jo dua mangta hai puri hoti hai.


Namaz k 10 faiday

1) Cheray ke nooraniyat.
2) Dil ka noor.
3) Jism kee rahat.
4) Qabr mein sathi.
5) Nuzuley rehmat ka zarya.
6) Aasmanon ke chabi.
7) Meezane hisab ka wazan.
8) Allah ke raza.
9) Jannat kee kemat.
10) Aag se bachao ka zarya.


Jumay ke roz 7 martaba durood pak parhanay walay kee 100 hajatein puri hoti hain, 30 duniya kee, 70 akhirat kee.


Hadees-Nabwi (P.B.U.H) :
"Musalman ko jo ranj, dukh, fikar, ghum, takleef or pareshani paish aati hai yahan tak ke usay aik kanta bhi chubta hai to Allah us takleef ko us ke kisi na kisi gunah ka kafara bana deta hai."


Allah Pak farmatay hain "Tu mujhe fajar aur asar kee namaz ke baad thodi dair yaad kar liya kar, tere tamam kamoon ke zimedari mere hai."


Hazrat Ali (R.A.)
"Logo ko is tarah maaf karo jis tarah tum Allah se umeed rakhtay ho ke woh tumhein maaf karay ga."

Qurani suraton kee khasosiyat..

Sur-e-Fatiha Allah ke azab se bachati hai.
Sur-e-Yaseen Qayamat ke din pyas se bachati hai.
Sur-e-Waqia fikar-o-faqay se bachati hai,
Sur-e-Mulk azab-e-qabar se bachati hai,
Sur-e-Kausar dushmanon se bachati hai,
Sur-e-Kafron maut k waqt kufar se bachati hai,
Sur-e-Ikhlas munafaqat se bachati hai,
Sur-e-Falaq haadson se bachati hai,
Sur-e-Naas waswasoon se bachati hai.

Life style of our beloved Prophet Hazrat Mohammad (S.A.W);
Talk softly,
Walk humbly,
Eat sensibly,
Breathe deeply,
Sleep sufficiently,
Dress properly,
Act fearlessly,
Work patiently,
Think truthfully,
Believe correctly,
Behave decently,
Learn practically,
Plan orderly,
Earn honestly,
Spend intelligently.

Of Islam

When you are blessed HE is Rehman,
When you are cared HE is Wadood,
When you are gifted HE is Kareem,
When you are forgiven HE is Ghafoor,


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Agr 1 insan ke average age "75 years" ho aur woh har Namaz par average "16 minutes" rozana sarf karay to 75 years mein se sirf "3.8 years" lagaein gein Allah ke ibadat ke liye.
Jis ne humein zindagi ata kee, kya hum Us ke rah mein 3.8 years bhi sarf nahi kar saktay?


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When Allah leads you to the edge of a cliff, trust Him fully, only one of two things will happen:
Either He'll catch you when you fall
Or
He'll teach you how to fly.

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Jab insaan har kisi se chup ke gunah karta hai to Allah farmata hai,
"Ae Ibn-e-Adam, tujhay tamam rishton mein sab se ziada mein hee haqeer nazar aya"

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1. Sura-e-Yasin relief frm azaab in the grave

2. Sura-e-Rehman it will make us rich

3. Sura-e-Waqiya it will release u from hunger (Read after every Maghrib Prayer)

4. Sura-e-Mulk brings light in your grave

5. Sura-e-Jasia it will bring peace in your life

Mumbai Blasts...

I am not a news fanatic. The reason... I don't like what's said on the news or what's written in the paper. It's all about a blast here and a blast there.

Though I like watching movies in which the world's about to end and a team of Heroes save the world. But I hate it when it feels the world is close to it's end in reality. The reason, we don't have a team of Heroes to save the world. There is nothing like 'Save the future.' or something like 'Save the world'. Reality bites, doesn't it?

I got to know about the Mumbai blasts because everyone in office was discussing it.

I got to know they were blaming Muslims.

I got to know the attackers are claiming to be Muslims.

All of this through people..

Then in yesterday's (Saturday's) class, our teacher said that you should read what the general Indian public has to say about Muslims. They have been writing a lot in their blogs, blaming the Muslims. Of course, they are furious, they ought to be.

And so here I am, a non-political person, a person who doesn't even like watching news in fear of what I'll see, writing a post on the Mumbai blasts. Because I thought I ought to write something, I thought if there are so many people writing against Muslims then there must be some people writing in favor as well. I know there will be a lot of those out there too. But I thought I ought to join in as well.

I am not here to give the latest statistics on the blasts.

I will not be quoting anyone, I don't think I should.

I am just here to write what I feel.

And I feel it's wrong to blame Muslims for everything bad going around.

I know, I know, some Muslim group has admitted to be behind the blasts, they have taken the 'credit' for it.

But first of all, you don't become a Muslim just by saying that you are. Anyone can claim to belong to any religion, but that doesn't become true just by saying so.

Secondly, no terrorist group, if they are indeed terrorist, can't be Muslims, even if they say, even if they are Muslims by birth. They simply can't be Muslims.

And third. Would everyone be reacting in the same way, if the people who are behind all this claimed to belong to some other religion? If they claimed to be Indians.. would the reaction be the same?

It's easy attributing everything to Muslims. But hadn't there been any other blasts else where in the world by non-Muslims? There indeed have been. Is the reaction always the same? If terrorists belong to some other religion, do people really start treating everyone belonging to that religion this badly?

And let me tell you. Terrorism,... this isn't what our religion teaches us. Islam is the religion of peace. Before you start blaming any religion, you should go and read up on it. And Jihad.. there are certain rules to that too. Not everything can be called Jihad.

I know this post is going haywire. It lacks structure, as all other posts of mine do. But the thing I am trying to say is: We people are blinded by what media and government puts in front of us. We are blinded by what they say. We believe everything they say, even if we don't at first, after hearing the same thing over and over again, you are bound to start believing it. Someday, we start believing what everyone is saying all around, and we don't try to go in the depth of stuff. We are like that. But with this all, we start making the wrong decisions.

If the media says some religion is wrong, that doesn't make it wrong.

If the media poses something as the right thing, that doesn't make it right.

People have started looking down at the Muslims for a while now. You might bring up a lot of points at this that would direct the blame to the Muslims themselves. But again, if you don't know about this religion, you shouldn't be blaming it for it's teachings.

There shouldn't be any discrimination amongst human beings.

This is not a war between Pakistan and India.
This is not a war between Muslims and Non-Muslims.
This is a war between humanity and inhumanity.
And putting the blame on others, discriminating against a particular cohort of people, won't get us, the still-humans, on the winning side.
We'll keep on fighting an unwanted war against the people on our own side, and we would keep on loosing.
This would be the end. And it shouldn't be.

We, here at Pakistan, are saddened by what's happening in India. For us, this is not a loss of Indian's lives, this is not a loss of Hindu's lives, this is a loss of lives. As simple as that. A loss of life, doesn't matter whose life. A loss is a loss.

Of Ramadan and Islam

When the Night equals a Thousand